From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: email address handling Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:56:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <20080731194042.a1534b4d.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20080801124550.26b9efc0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Morton X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Aug 01 21:58:25 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KP0lX-0006dC-UF for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:58:20 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751236AbYHAT5O (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:57:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751934AbYHAT5O (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:57:14 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:42001 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751006AbYHAT5N (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:57:13 -0400 Received: from imap1.linux-foundation.org (imap1.linux-foundation.org [140.211.169.55]) by smtp1.linux-foundation.org (8.14.2/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m71JuicP030170 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:56:45 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imap1.linux-foundation.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5/Debian-3ubuntu1.1) with ESMTP id m71Jui0d032552; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:56:44 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20080801124550.26b9efc0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (LFD 962 2008-03-14) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.411 required=5 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4-osdl_revision__1.47__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: lf$Revision: 1.188 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.63 on 140.211.169.13 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > > That's how I noticed it - copied, pasted, MTA barfed. > > Converting a usable name+email-address into an unusable one seems ... unuseful. Umm. Those signed-off ones weren't even _converted_ They were written by people. Also, you seemed to miss the point that it's not a name+email-address. It's a name. Oh, and there's an email address too. But they aren't connected. We often just print out the name *without* the email address. Why should those things have to know about some totally irrelevant email quoting rules? They weren't emails, didn't know about it, and didn't care. Linus